Foss Park Streambank Stabilization

North Chicago, Illinois

V3 was the contractor for this $685,000 streambank stabilization project located entirely within the Foss Park Golf Course.
Project included:
- 6,720 linear feet of streambank stabilization, tree clearing, slope grading, toe protection and restoration.
- 4,500 cubic yards of earth excavation hauled from ditch banks to an on-site disposal area.
- 2,100 linear feet of tree revetment logs were anchored through the subgrade at the toe of the slope using cabling drilled through the logs and driven into the subgrade.
- Seven riffle complexes.
- 3,540 linear feet of coir roll and plantings as well as more than 20,000 native planting plugs.
- Approximately eight acres of native seeding along stream slopes and upland areas.